]
[Sidenote D: But yet thou sinnedst a little,]
[Sidenote E: for love of thy life.
[Sidenote D: But yet thou sinnedst a little,]
[Sidenote E: for love of thy life.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
er ?
e falssyng, foule mot hit falle!
[I] For care of ? y knokke cowardyse me ta3t
2380 To a-corde me with couetyse, my kynde to for-sake,
? at is larges & lewte, ? at longe3 to kny3te3.
[J] Now am I fawty, & falce, & ferde haf ben euer;
Of trecherye & vn-traw? e bo? e bityde sor3e
2384 & care!
[K] I bi-knowe yow, kny3t, here stylle, [Fol. 123. ]
Al fawty is my fare,
Lete3 me ouer-take your wylle,
2388 & efle I schal be ware. "
[Sidenote A: For my weed (woven by my wife) thou wearest. ]
[Sidenote B: I know thy kisses and my wife's wooing. ]
[Sidenote C: I sent her to try thee, and faultless I found thee.
]
[Sidenote D: But yet thou sinnedst a little,]
[Sidenote E: for love of thy life. "]
[Sidenote F: Gawayne stands confounded. ]
[Sidenote G: "Cursed," he says, "be cowardice and covetousness both! "]
[Sidenote H: Then he takes off the girdle and throws it to the knight. ]
[Sidenote I: He curses his cowardice,]
[Sidenote J: and confesses himself to have been guilty of untruth. ]
[Sidenote K: ]
XVII.
[A] Thenne lo3e ? at o? er leude, & luflyly sayde,
"I halde hit hardily[1] hole, ? e harme ? at I hade;
[B] ? ou art confessed so clene, be-knowen of ? y mysses,
2392 & hat3 ? e penaunce apert, of ? e poynt of myn egge,
[C] I halde ? e polysed of ?
[I] For care of ? y knokke cowardyse me ta3t
2380 To a-corde me with couetyse, my kynde to for-sake,
? at is larges & lewte, ? at longe3 to kny3te3.
[J] Now am I fawty, & falce, & ferde haf ben euer;
Of trecherye & vn-traw? e bo? e bityde sor3e
2384 & care!
[K] I bi-knowe yow, kny3t, here stylle, [Fol. 123. ]
Al fawty is my fare,
Lete3 me ouer-take your wylle,
2388 & efle I schal be ware. "
[Sidenote A: For my weed (woven by my wife) thou wearest. ]
[Sidenote B: I know thy kisses and my wife's wooing. ]
[Sidenote C: I sent her to try thee, and faultless I found thee.
]
[Sidenote D: But yet thou sinnedst a little,]
[Sidenote E: for love of thy life. "]
[Sidenote F: Gawayne stands confounded. ]
[Sidenote G: "Cursed," he says, "be cowardice and covetousness both! "]
[Sidenote H: Then he takes off the girdle and throws it to the knight. ]
[Sidenote I: He curses his cowardice,]
[Sidenote J: and confesses himself to have been guilty of untruth. ]
[Sidenote K: ]
XVII.
[A] Thenne lo3e ? at o? er leude, & luflyly sayde,
"I halde hit hardily[1] hole, ? e harme ? at I hade;
[B] ? ou art confessed so clene, be-knowen of ? y mysses,
2392 & hat3 ? e penaunce apert, of ? e poynt of myn egge,
[C] I halde ? e polysed of ?
